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TWADDLING
Verb
twaddling
present participle of twaddle
Noun
twaddling (countable and uncountable, plural twaddlings)
nonsense; claptrap
Source: Wiktionary
Twad"dling,
Definition: a. & n. from Twaddle, v.
TWADDLE
Twad"dle, v. i. & t. Etym: [See Twattle.]
Definition: To talk a weak and silly manner, like one whose faculties are decayed; to prate; to prattle. Stanyhurst.
Twad"dle, n.
Definition: Silly talk; gabble; fustian. I have put in this chapter on fighting . . . because of the cant and twaddle that's talked of boxing and fighting with fists now-a-days. T. Hughes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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